Key words : Trump many question
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With the US presidential election less than three weeks away, the candidates participated in separate town hall events airing on TV at the same time, forcing voters to choose who to watch.
President Donald Trump fielded many questions over his handling of the pandemic. Asked when he had last tested negative before his positive diagnosis earlier this month, Trump deflected, saying he "possibly" took a test the day of the first presidential debate. He announced he had the virus just two days later.
Trump defended his administration's response. The US has the highest number of cases in the world, at nearly 8 million.
In response, Trump said '"we've done an amazing job. And it's rounding the corner. And we have the vaccines coming and we have the therapies coming."
He claimed that 2,200,000 people or possibly more could have lost their lives but that 210,000 people died.
Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden received more policy-focused questions. But the former vice president also weighed in on the pandemic.
He criticized Trump for failing to fulfill his responsibility as a president.
Biden said Trump didn't talk about what needed to be done, because he kept worrying about the stock market.
Biden also committed to not seeking revenge against Republicans if he wins the White House, saying "in politics, grudges don't work."
The two candidates are still set to square off for one final debate on October 22.
Key words : Bangkok mass protest
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Another huge anti-government rally has taken place in central Bangkok, just hours after police dispersed an earlier demonstration.
Protesters answered calls on social media to converge on a shopping district in the capital on Thursday afternoon. Police say about 10,000 people gathered.
The demonstrators demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and reform of the monarchy.
One protest leader said bigger rallies would follow if protesters were forcibly removed.
The demonstrators wrestled with police and occupied an intersection. But they voluntarily began leaving the area late in the night.
In a similar rally on Wednesday, demonstrators temporarily occupied an area outside the prime minister's office.
The government declared an emergency decree against mass protests early on Thursday morning, deploying police to disperse demonstrators. More than 20 people were detained in the demonstration that began on Wednesday.
Protesters are preparing to hold another rally in central Bangkok on Friday afternoon.
Key words : european union impose russian
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The European Union has imposed sanctions on six senior Russian officials and a chemical research institute over the alleged poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent.
The six officials include President Vladimir Putin's top aides at the Presidential Executive Office and the Director of the Federal Security Service.
The research institute is said to have previously been involved in the development and production of chemical weapons, including the toxic nerve agent known as 'Novichok'.
The EU says it will enforce asset freezes and travel bans.
The British government announced on Thursday that it will impose similar sanctions on the same targets.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that any use of chemical weapons by Russia violates international law. He added that Britain is determined to hold those responsible to account.
Russian opposition leader Navalny fell unconscious on a domestic flight in Russia in August. He was transferred to a hospital in Germany for treatment.
The German government and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons analyzed blood and other samples from Navalny in separate studies.
Both independently confirmed the detection of a nerve agent belonging to the Novichok group.
Moscow denies any involvement in the poisoning. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the EU sanctions "unfriendly" and said there was no logic to the decision.
Key words : leaders of the european agreed
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The leaders of the European Union have agreed to continue talks with Britain on a post-Brexit free trade deal even as a UK-set deadline passes.
The leaders decided to keep negotiating for a couple of weeks at their summit on Thursday, which was the deadline set by the UK.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce on Friday whether the UK will continue talks.
The talks have taken place during a one-year transition period that started in January, following the UK's departure from the bloc. But negotiators remain divided over government subsidies to businesses and other issues.
After the meeting, European Council President Charles Michel called on the UK to make the necessary moves.
He said, "As regards the withdrawal agreement and its protocols, they must be fully implemented, full stop. And that's also a question of international credibility for the UK."
Britain's chief negotiator David Frost responded on Twitter. He said he was surprised by the suggestion that, to get an agreement, all future moves must come from the UK.
The transition period is set until the end of this year, but time is limited as any deal would still need to go through the UK parliament.
Key words : report Makita Naoki
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The coronavirus pandemic has made many urban residents in China keen to escape the densely populated cities for the countryside. The trend has given rise to a booming new business that's bringing prosperity to farming villages by making use of old houses.
Key words : defense ministry
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NHK has learned that Japan's Defense Ministry will mainly look into using ships in its study of offshore alternatives to the Aegis Ashore missile defense system.
The land-based Aegis Ashore is designed to use radar and interceptor missiles to stop ballistic missiles. Japan planned to deploy it in response to a surge in North Korean ballistic missile tests.
But residents close to the proposed deployment sites were concerned about falling rocket boosters. Earlier this year, the government gave up plans to deploy the land-based system, saying it could be too costly to modify the technology.
The Defense Ministry outlined possible alternatives in late September.
Those include building sea-based structures similar to oil rigs, or using ships.
Some members of the main ruling Liberal Democratic Party have criticized the rig option, saying such structures are vulnerable to attack.
That led ministry officials to focus on the ship-based proposal, which they say will ensure greater mobility and protection than rigs. They also say a ship-based system would be more functional amid changeable weather conditions at sea.
The ship option includes Self-Defense Force destroyers and private commercial ships. A separate idea is to increase the number of Aegis-equipped destroyers.
The ministry plans to narrow its study of alternatives by year-end, after technical analyses and consultation with governing coalition lawmakers.
Key words : weather Yoko Komagata
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